Wildenstein (noble family, Middle Franconia)

Coat of arms in Scheibler's book of arms

Epitaph of Martin von Wildenstein in Gnadenberg Monastery

The von Wildenstein family , also Wildenstein zum Wildenfels , was an aristocratic family in what is now the Middle Franconian border area.

history

The name-giving headquarters is Wildenstein Castle and the village of Wildenstein - today a district of Dietfurt an der Altmühl in the Neumarkt district in Upper Palatinate . Later, the Wildensteiners also owned the two adjacent castles, Wildenfels and Strahlfels . The family also came into possession of Rothenberg Castle at an early stage , even before it was expanded and inhabited by numerous heirs . The Utzmannsbach hammer seat , which was mostly lent, also belonged to the property.

As part of the imperial Franconian knighthood, the family was organized in the knightly canton of Altmühl . Several family members were officials or caretakers of the surrounding territories. According to Sichart, three family members were officials of the court in the 15th and 16th centuries . The family died out in the middle of the 17th century.

coat of arms

The coat of arms is divided diagonally on the left into red and gold. The helmet covers repeat these colors. The crest shows a gold cap with red facings and black cock feathers. Dietrich von Wildenstein took over the coat of arms at the end of the 13th century when he married the heir to the ministerial family von Hiltpoltstein - Rothenberg who owned all of them. In Johann Siebmacher's coat of arms she is listed as a Bavarian aristocratic family.

literature

CS Cramer: Historical communications about the Wildenfels Castle and the Wildenstein family to the Wildenfels . In: Archive for the history of Upper Franconia . Volume 8, Issue 1. Bayreuth 1860, pp. 78-93.
Genealogical manual of the nobility , Adelslexikon Volume XVI, Volume 137 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 2005, ISSN 0435-2408 , p. 213.

Web links

Commons : Wildenstein - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Sichart: Brief description of the land captains at court, as they have succeeded one another since 1366 . In: Archive for the history of Upper Franconia . Volume 7, 2nd issue. Bayreuth 1858. pp. 43, 49f.

[1] Sichart: Brief description of the land captains at court, as they have succeeded one another since 1366 . In: Archive for the history of Upper Franconia . Volume 7, 2nd issue. Bayreuth 1858. pp. 43, 49f.